Light Cultivation
Eps. 266 — Swordsman of Qilin Empire
The strength of the all-black robed man was at Stage 8 of the Sky Realm, in the Dragon Empire only three people had reached such cultivation and it seemed that the man was not one of them.
Jian Chen knew that the Qilin Empire had more developed martial arts than the Dragon Empire, the King Realm warrior was no stranger there.
Even so the 8th stage Celestial Realm should still be a high-level swordsman in the Qilin Empire, Jian Chen was sure the middle-aged man in front of him had an unusual identity.
"Hm, I don't know what way you're using it until you can see my hideout but it doesn't seem like your strength is too bad young man?" The man smiled meaningfully at Jian Chen.
"I only have enough ability..." Jian Chen replied with a faint smile. "In addition, what is your purpose here, you seem to be a spy from the Qilin Empire right?"
"Hm, does it matter when you're going to die here?"
"At least I died in understanding instead of being a curious ghost." Jian Chen shrugged his shoulders.
Unlike Jian Chen who still looked calm, Miou Lin and one of the guards nearby were still frightened to see the old man, they even had to be careful in taking a breath.
The fear of the two was quite peer-reviewed as the old man exuded his dense murderous aura.
Judging from his moving blade as well as the murderous aura that belonged to him Jian Chen guessed that the man in front of him was someone who worked as an expert assassin.
"You guessed it accurately, as you said I came from the Qilin Empire and spied on your government, I'm honestly quite surprised there is such a great association you can provide such a high-efficiency pill here..."
The pill recipes that Jian Chen had made on the association were indeed extremely valuable, in the Qilin Empire there were no pill recipes with such high performance.
"I'll give you guys an offer especially for you, lady, do you seem to have a high position in this association?" The man turned to look at Miou Lin. "Give me all the pill recipes that are in your association and then give them to me now, then I'll release you here..."
The man did not hesitate to release his murderous aura to a Miou Lin, but before that aura reached his target Jian Chen released a hint of his death aura which managed to induce the murderous aura.
The man's forehead wrinkled as his murderous aura did not manage to mentally attack his opponent but on the same side he also watched Jian Chen release something invisible.
The man saw faintly there was a blackish aura from all over Jian Chen's body, like a murderous aura yet it looked even darker and darker.
Although a little surprised the old man was not at all frightened, once again he laughed even to the point of clapping. "You are more than I thought, young man, your strength is stronger than I expected. It seems like the rumor is indeed true that your association has a hidden power..."
The man was quite confident with the murderous aura he had accumulated all along, many of his opponents would either give up on controlling the aura or at least mentally shake his opponent.
Only this first time did anyone manage to break the murderous aura like Jian Chen did.
Jian Chen gestured for Miou Lin and the guard to take the distance as far as possible, he might be able to fight the man but it would be troublesome if he had to fight and protect simultaneously.
"Miss, once again I offer you before this ends up on something you can't hope for, give me all the pill recipes you guys made then I'll let you live?"
If the man obtained his pill recipe then he would not have to spy on the Dragon Emperor anymore, the Association pill recipe was enough to make the Qilin Empire so much more flourishing.
"You said you'd let us live, but why do I feel like you're going to kill me even if you're willing to?" Jian Chen smiled meaningfully.
"You're right..." The man did not deny and instead smiled widely. "Until now I have never let my victims escape, it will worsen my identity as the number two assassin in the Qilin Empire."
The old man sighed, "It seems pointless to negotiate with you, then it is better that we speak with action and force..."
The man suddenly moved towards Jian with two heirloom knives in his hand, with a wide smile he said. "I want to see, how powerful are you, young man?"
"Strong enough to kill you..." Jian Chen then poured out a deep force on both of his hands and turned it into an energy.
Shortly after, Jian Chen's hand glowed bluish, from the blue light appeared an ice powder that slowly gathered and condensed in his palm before turning into an ice sword.
With the ice sword Jian Chen fought against the man, he moved and fended off his opponent's attack.
"Not bad then how about this..." The man did not attack Jian Chen with all his abilities so at the beginning of the exchange of skill he only used fifty percent of his strength.
"Interesting, interesting enough, you not only look young but your strength is also very high. Unfortunately with this power you haven't been enough to fight me..."
The man was now using seventy percent of his strength, each strike of his knife was fed with a huge amount of inner power.
Jian Chen fended off part of the attack and the other half he dodged, the attack that escaped made the association room suffer damage even to the outside.
Surprise was seen from the man's face when he realized Jian Chen had strength in the Sky Realm realm. He had never seen someone so young exist in that realm.
Miou Lin also reacted the same, despite having heard Jian Chen's strength was very high but seeing directly remained memorable by him.
"You seem like an old monster hiding its power, then we'll end it here..."
The man was now using all of his strength that was at the realm of the 8th level of the Sky Realm.
Jian Chen felt the increase in the man's strength add up, each swing of his weapon taking out a sharp air knife.
Jian Chen managed to compensate for it but the loud noise and damage the man inflicted were already unstoppable.
The association room was partially destroyed, the townspeople immediately realized there was a fight in the room and attracted the attention of some others.
The man's breathing was restrained as Jian Chen could still keep up with it despite having expended all his strength, he had never been put in such a position except when fighting the ten heroes in the Qilin Empire.
Feeling that it would be a long fight if it continued against Jian Chen, the residents began to arrive the man had no choice but to retreat.
"You're lucky today to survive, the next meeting I'll torture you to the point of wishing you were dead..." The man snorted angrily and then flew away.
Although he said confidently the man was sure Jian Chen was a very troublesome opponent, if the fight continued then his hands or feet might be lost even if he managed to win.
The man continued flying at high speed when suddenly there was a voice calling out to him from the side.
"Why did you run away, why wait for the next meeting if it can be done now?" Jian Chen smiled widely as he continued to fly beside him.
The man let out a stifled scream, he was completely unaware of Jian Chen when suddenly the young man made a sound near him.
Jian Chen then managed to catch up with him and intercepted the man from the front.
"You think you can go and come as you please in another empire. You have to get past me if you want to get out of here..." Jian Chen chuckled.
Jian Chen had to make sure that no other Qilin Empire swordsman other than the man was in the capital, seeing him move himself Jian Chen no longer needed to hold back his strength.
The man held his breath, he still did not expect Jian Chen to be a high-level swordsman let alone look at that male face that looked so young.
"For now I don't have time to serve you, there are things I have to take care of..." The man immediately flew in the other direction but only moved a few seconds Jian Chen had already stood up and blocked his way back.
"Why be in a hurry, haven't you been here for a long time, just consider this Empire your home..."
"You want to take this to a life-and-death fight?" The man said coldly.
"To be honest, yes, I want to have a serious fight with you here and of course, to the death!"
The man bit his lips, he was not afraid of Jian Chen just that he was avoiding a heavy fight that could make him seriously injured.
The man took out his two knife heirlooms while Jian Chen also did the same, he created a powerful and sharp ice sword.
Seeing that a fight was bound to happen, the man took the initiative to attack Jian Chen first, he had to use all of his killing techniques in order to kill Jian Chen as soon as possible.